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A new intranet is likely to require a substantial financial investment by your organisation. Make sure you get the best return on investment by maintaining as much control over future phases of development as possible.
A new intranet is likely to require a substantial financial investment by your organisation. Make sure you get the best return on investment by maintaining as much control over future phases of development as possible.
Action point – Think about who will own the source code
of any bespoke development work carried out – your organisation or a third
party supplier. What will happen if you want to make changes to this code in
the future – will changing it put you in breach of any service level agreements
held?
Action point – If you plan to own and modify source code
written as part of your intranet development, make sure the developer adds detailed
commenting to the code, so it can be better understood by other programmers who
access it later on.
Action point – If a third party is developing your
intranet, make sure key employees within your organisation have the opportunity
to learn how the new technology is configured, as it is being developed (build
and learn). This way, you ensure knowledge is transferred throughout the
process.